CVE-2012-0205

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2012-0205 · Published 31/01/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0205 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting infosphere information server (ibm), infosphere metadata workbench (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
infosphere information server ibm	`= 8.1= 8.5= 8.5.0.1= 8.5.0.2= 8.7`	No fix yet
infosphere metadata workbench ibm	`= 8.1= 8.1.1= 8.1.2= 8.5= 8.7`	No fix yet

Description

InfoSphere Metadata Workbench (MWB) 8.1 through 8.7 in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1, 8.5 before FP3, and 8.7 does not properly restrict use of the troubleshooting feature, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions or cause a denial of service (workbench outage) via unspecified vectors.

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73265

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In short

CVE-2012-0205 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting infosphere information server (ibm), infosphere metadata workbench (ibm).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.0% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

infosphere information server

ibm

= 8.1= 8.5= 8.5.0.1= 8.5.0.2= 8.7

No fix yet

infosphere metadata workbench

ibm

= 8.1= 8.1.1= 8.1.2= 8.5= 8.7

No fix yet

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